GabiPaleo @gabipaleo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025This breeding strategy resulted in a population consisting mainly of long-lived, slow-breeding adults. Interestingly, despite their enormous size, moas eggs were very thin and fragile, only 1.4mm thick. 4/11 161
GabiPaleo @gabipaleo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025This may have led to another interesting adaptation, a major sexual dimorphism; males were much smaller than females, so much so that they were once thought to be different species. 5/11 192
GabiPaleo @gabipaleo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Similar to some modern ratites, it's thought that males took care of eggs and young alone, the smaller size made it easier not to damage eggs, although they probably didn't sit on them but wrapped their necks around them. 6/11 171
